PepsiCo and Frito-Lay Union Network

More than four years since negotiations for a new collective agreement with Embotelladora La Reyna (CBC- PepsiCo) began, the Union of Workers of the Beverage and Similar Industry (Stibys) has reached a tripartite agreement (union/employer/Ministry of Labour) that paves the way for the resumption of mediation that was suspended several months ago as a result of the pandemic.

PepsiCo Employees and Workers Union (PEWU) in the Philippines submitted a CBA proposal to the company on April 30, 2019. After seeing no progress in the collective bargaining negotiations the union decided to file a strike notice on June 14 at the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB). As there continued to be no progress in resolving these issues, the union decided to escalate the campaign to national level.

On November 29, after long and difficult negotiations, the Union of Workers of the Frito Lay Compañía Limitada (SITRAFRITOLAY) and the PepsiCo subsidiary signed a collective agreement for the first time. The agreement will be valid for three years between 2019 and 2021.

After six months of negotiations, over 200 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company drivers, merchandisers and warehouse workers represented by Teamsters Local 683 ratified their newest collective bargaining agreement by more than an 80 percent margin.

 

Workers of Liberty Coca-Cola and Pepsi Bottling Company who are represented by the IUF-affiliated Teamsters Local 830 in Philadelphia, have ratified a new agreement. A majority of the workers voted to accept the contract, which will last for five years.

IUF-affiliated unions GMB and Unite the Union in the UK oppose the
proposed closure of Norwich factory operated by Britvic, the licensed bottler for
PepsiCo products within the UK, and the transfer of production to
different UK locations.

Varun Beverages reported that its board has approved a plan to acquire
PepsiCo India’s previously franchised territories in Odisha and parts of
Madhya Pradesh along with three manufacturing units.

Upon
completion of this acquisition, Varun Beverages will be a franchisee for
PepsiCo products across 18 states and two union territories.

On 2 March PepsiCo announced its proposal to close the UK Walkers crisp plant in Peterlee in Country Durham.

The US-headquartered food and beverage giant is shutting its facility in north-east England "In order to improve the efficiency of our UK snacks manufacturing operations" with production transferred to other UK sites.  

Around 400 jobs could be lost as a result of the closure.

On 1 February 2017, more than 350 workers at the Frito-Lay plant in Lahore organized through the IUF-affiliated Pakistan Food Workers Federation (PFWF) a demonstration outside the plant against ongoing harassment against union members and particularly women workers.

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Women workers from the PepsiCo FritoLay plant in Lahore, Pakistan protested on 13 January against ongoing harassment and threats.

The Pakistan Food Workers Federation organized a protest action on 3 December in front of a PepsiCo beverage plant in Gujranwala. Hundreds of PepsiCo union members and community supporters showed their solidarity for the international IUF campaign in support of workers in Pakistan, India and Guatemala struggling to secure their basic human rights.

Stop PepsiCrush!

IUF Affiliates at the Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Manila 19-21 October, show their support and solidarity with the 28 unfairly dismissed warehouse workers in West Bengal India. PepsiCo continues its pattern of crushing human rights at the Frito-Lay plants in Lahore, Pakistan and Guatemala City, Guatemala. STOP PEPSICRUSH!

International delegates to the IUF Africa Regional Conference, that took place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 22 and 23 November, showed their support for the PepsiCrush campaign and solidarity with the workers fighting for their human rights in Pakistan and Guatemala PepsiCo operations and a warehouse in India exclusively contracted to PepsiCo. Stop PepsiCrush!

Stop PepsiCrush! International delegates to the IUF's hotel, restaurant, catering and tourism (HRCT) Trade Group Board meeting in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic November 10-11 show their solidarity with workers fighting for basic rights at PepsiCo facilities in Pakistan and Guatemala and the ongoing struggle for justice for warehouse workers at PepsiCo's warehouse provider in West Bengal, India.